Threshold Crossing: The Name Carries the Nature in You

Many believe that God’s greatest promises are reserved for “someday”—a far-off future in heaven or a time when we’re more “ready.” This belief can feel safe, but it often holds us back from experiencing the fullness of life God has for us right now. One of the lies that we addressed earlier is anything that you think that God is telling you for the future, or when you get to heaven, is either being presented because you're still a child in your spiritual growth, or other factors with other seasons play a part in the manifestation. 

A five-year-old person may see the future of driving a car and hear his dad tell him that someday he will drive when he is older, but now he is too young to have the keys. The other factor would be safety on the road. God is always speaking to us, planting seeds of vision in our hearts, however, some of God’s promises unfold in His perfect timing. This isn’t because He’s withholding anything from us but because He’s preparing us to walk fully in His plans, which include the plans He has in the lives of others.

God may tell us, "Here's the vision and it will come to pass." But He may also be hindered by an enemy because of a religious concept of, "God's only giving me a little bit now, and then I get the rest of the goods when I get on the other side into heaven."

Consider this: a parent doesn’t give their child only a portion of love, guidance, or provision, withholding the rest until a later date. Similarly, God, our loving Father, has already given us the fullness of His love and Spirit. If we believe otherwise, it may be because a religious mindset has clouded our understanding. This religious spirit often arises from well-intentioned theological interpretations shaped by specific times in history, but as Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us, “To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” What may have been relevant for the past season is not necessarily the word for this current one. Today, we are in a new season, and God is calling us to step into the abundant life He has prepared for us.

All your treasures, your gifts, your callings, - all that is within you, is part of your Divine design the world is waiting for. Hebrews 6:12 encourages us to be imitators of those who “through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Patience isn’t passive waiting, it’s active trust. When God places a vision in your heart, it’s like a seed that needs nurturing. Sometimes, He says, “Wait and trust me,” but other times, He says, “Go and take hold of it now.”

God is omnipresent, He's all-knowing, and He's all-powerful, and there's nothing impossible. So, what we think we only receive when we die and go to heaven may be a hindrance because a religious spirit says, "Well, that's not true." 

How do we discern God’s timing for blessings to be manifested while we are in our natural bodies? By leaning into His voice, silencing the noise of fear, doubt, and religious limitations. When you feel hesitation, ask yourself:

• Does this align with God’s promise of abundant life?

• Am I stepping forward in faith or holding back out of fear?

• Am I trusting God’s process, even when I don’t see the full picture?

Jeremiah 29:11 assures us that God’s plans are for our good—to give us hope and a future. But His timing is also part of His divine provision. Trust that He knows when you’re ready and step forward when He calls.

One of the most profound truths of the gospel is that we are co-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17). This means that everything Jesus has access to is also available to us—not later, not someday, but now.

When Jesus said in John 10:10, “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full,” He wasn’t referring to a distant promise. He was declaring a present reality. This abundant life is rooted in the Tree of Life—a representation of God’s eternal provision and our restored relationship with Him. We were not meant to just hang on for a rapture with the Lord’s return to destroy the earth. That was never His promise. The Tree of Life begins with love as our new identity AND seed form fruit. It begins with knowing that you are loved as your identity, and not just loved. There is no place for identifying as a sinner and knowing we are a child of God. 

When Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), He wasn’t just referring to a path or direction for us to follow. He was making a declaration of who He is—now. Not as an abstract idea or a future promise, but as a living reality. Likewise, when scripture tells us that God is love, it’s not merely describing an attribute. God is love, and as His children, so are we today in this world (1 John 4:17). However, often we don’t live fully in that truth. Why? Because the world, religion, and even our thoughts have watered it down. When we don’t understand the depth of our identity in Christ, life can feel like a puzzle where the pieces just won’t fit. This struggle stems from trying to piece together our identity based on external opinions, traditions, or performance rather than resting in the truth of who God says we are.

God, our loving Father, patiently unveils the fullness of our identity. Just as I’ve told my children, “Is that how a Drummonds behaves?” God gently reminds us: “This is what love looks like.” His Word, especially passages like 1 Corinthians 13, isn’t just a list of dos and don'ts. It reflects who we are in Him.

Jesus is the cornerstone upon which everything in our lives is built. He asked His disciples, “Who do you say I am?” (Matthew 16:15), and the same question echoes for us today. Knowing Him as the Christ, the Son of the Living God, transforms the way we see ourselves.

If He is I Am, then we must also ask, “Who am I?” The answer lies in Him: “As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). This profound truth means that we are not just loved by God—we are loved because we are created in His image. Our lives are hidden in Christ, and even though mysteries remain, they don’t diminish our identity. Instead, they invite us to trust Him more deeply. These mysteries may seem dark, but the reality is they are unknown excitement of God’s presence in our lives.

Embracing our identity as part of Christ’s body, the light identity of Christ shines in us, and there is no darkness, sin, or lost identity (1 John 1:5). This isn’t about actions, appearances, or performance, it’s about understanding the fullness of who we are in Him. As this identity blossoms, the fruit of love, peace, and joy begins to grow in our lives, even amid trials.

When people view something as “dark,” it is filtered with a lower frequency of the fullness of our identity. It would be like choosing to have a dimmer switch moved down to minimal light in a room, even though there is potential to turn the switch to full lightness. This darkness is the result of our human understanding and perception of who God is and what He would do in that situation. But John 5:22 tells us that God doesn’t judge any human. He gave all judgment to Jesus Christ who died for our judgment. Peter tells us in I Peter 4:17, “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”

As a light dimmer switch is moved up the fullness of our identity in Christ starts to blossom and grow. Fruit is produced, and that fruit is where joy comes forth in seed form. If we have conversations in our head hearing something like, “Yes, I love you, but…” we are not hearing the fullness of TRUTH. Hearing within our spirit the unconditional words of our Heavenly Father, and then hearing the word “but” we are not receiving the fullness of what God is saying to us.

There is joy amid our trials. It is a mystery God has placed in our DNA to blossom amid our tribulation. James tells us to consider it pure joy when we face trials (James 1:2). Why? Because trials refine our faith and deepen our reliance on God. However, let’s be honest: trials are hard. They test our relationships, our trust, and even our intimacy with God. They challenge us to confront fears, lies, and familiar voices that whisper doubt, insecurities, and rejections of being accepted within the transparency of who we were created to be.

Paul tells us that our battles are not against flesh and blood but against spiritual powers (Ephesians 6:12). They are designed to weaken our confidence in who we are, and to diminish the anointing God has placed on us. Our purpose and assignment as Christ Ones on the earth was not for us to live in fear or defeat but as royalty—God’s holy nation, a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9).

Living as royalty means walking in the authority given to us by Jesus Christ. It means speaking the truth in love, not to judge or tear others down but to set the captives free by covering them with your Christ identity. It means standing as a watchman for others and demonstrating God’s heart of love. These are the ways of the kingdom, the ways of those who know their identity in Christ.

There are the traditions of men, oftentimes known as religious spirits that recognize the word – Christ in you. Religious spirits know the power or anointing of Christ in us ready to be released on the earth. Their job is to demean you to where you second guess yourself wondering where Christ is. If you don't quite feel the fullness of who you are then there is a hinderance within us of the flowing power and presence of the Holy Spirit. It doesn't matter whether religious spirits are right or wrong.

When we are speaking the truth in love, we are speaking from a position of Divine Identity for God is LOVE, not just compassion or empathy. This is what kings and queens do. This is part of the royalty. We are a royal family, a holy nation. We're peculiar people, but we're a priesthood, a priesthood of love.

As we come into our identity as the beloved bride of Jesus Christ and cross over the threshold, we will be attacked with relationships, trust issues, intimacy, fidelity, and love from the familiar spirits of the world. Our identity in Christ will be challenged with the same voices of the two thieves that hung on the cross next to Jesus… “If you are, then”, and “When you get to where you’re going, then.”

God wants us to know in our spirit that we already are accepted as the beloved. No matter what you ever did in your life, screw-ups or how many things we did right, does not change our identity as children of God. What changes is growing up in our relationship and identity as Christ ones to handle being a bride and wife of Jesus Christ. 

He desires to carry us over the threshold of the door and consummate the marriage.

When you go to bed at night, whose voice do you hear in your head? The conversations with your boss, your spouse, your friends, and family you had that day. Are the conversations filtered through the Kingdom of God’s presence of righteousness, peace, and joy? God always loves you and nothing can separate you from the love of God because it is more than a relationship, but an identity in Him (Romans 12). 

God didn't mess up when He created you in His image. He knew exactly what country you were going to be born into, what gender you were going to be, what nationality you were going to be, what language you were going to speak, and who your parents were going to be. He knew it all. He knew what human DNA in you He would unite His Divine DNA with.

Once we know in our spirit that we are married to the Lamb of God, we also will know that the NAME carries the authority and the nature of Christ in us. We can decree doing greater works on the earth than Jesus did. 

Paul talked about wives being submissive to their husbands in Ephesians, he was talking about the mystery of the Church. He was not just talking to women but to both men and women. However, before being submissive to our husband, Jesus Christ we must know His love, in the intimacy of being His bride and wife ready for the salt covenant of marriage-consummation.